"today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. "today" with kathie lee gifford captions paid fo nbc-universal television hello, everybody. it's monday. it's december 17th, an incredibly sad day all across america, and it seems like the whole world in light of what happened, the terrible tragedy in newtown, connecticut. we're just -- hoda and i are going to just send our love to

everybody here today and try to make a little bit of sense out of the senseless along the way. >> i think, you know, we've been hearing the news all weekend, and it's been so difficult to even be a bystander and listen, and i think the hard thing for all of us -- and i know even me at home -- when hurricane sandy hit, you could do something. you could send clothes, money. you could physically help them clean up. in this ca you want to do something, but you're peeking into this really tragic, sad world, and the only thing i think a lot of people and parents can do is hug their kids and pray for those families, and i think there's a weird sort of -- don't you feel like a helpless feeling? you want to do something, and there's nothing worse than standing watching someone who is in pain and not being able to lean in and help. >> anybody that was complaining about anything before this happened, it puts everything into perspective, doesn't it? and the fact that there were not only 20 precious little lives, innocent little children, but six adults as well, and all women, all of them were somebody's daughter, somebody's

sister, somebody's wife, and probably somebody's mother as well. we know that for the principal. >> sometimes even surviving, there was a woman who was on "60 minutes." but she was sitting at her desk and she heard the pop, pop, pop. she was in one of the offices. she ducked underneath her desk, and you know the little -- there's a little area where cables come through when you have like a computer. she could see his feet, and they were pointed at her. she said she just stood there, and she didn't move. she said she didn't breathe, and he -- he was shooting, and he walked out. she was terrified. she walked in the supply closet, shut the door and stayed for four hours. she just sat in there, and she said she was afraid to open it. when she opened the door, she saw police, and they were as surprised to see her as she was to see them, and you think the people who survived are also traumatized. >> in a living hell, yes. as it unfolded, too, it seemed at first that it was -- i was almost imured to the concept, there's another school shooting. what's come in our nation, which it's just not unusual anymore to hear a mall shooting, you know. it seems -- it's accelerating. there's no question about it.

when you look at the statistics around the rest of the world as well, i mean, evil knows no physical boundaries. there's evil all over the world, but it's kind of sobering to realize -- i don't know if we're putting up statistics, or maybe we could just talk about them, but we are by far in america more instances of mass killings by far. >> i think the weird thing is when you hear about this gun control debate that's sort of a strange one because it seems like people are saying either you can have an oozie or you should have nothing, and it seems to me that probably both people can agree that somewhere in the middle you don't want somebody busting down your door and taking your stuff so you have a handgun in your house, but the idea these assault weapons is something that i think is troubling to a lot of people. >> well, we're certainly hearing the drumbeats of that now, and i think if this doesn't get us to

a national dialogue about it, nothing will. as we are learning these children's names and we are seeing their pictures and we are hearing their parents talk about them, it is so real and so raw that this doesn't move us to some sort of a sane analysis of the problem, that it's not just guns, it's also mental illness. >> there are a lot of issues. i think when president obama went to that -- when last night to newtown, and sometimes you wonder, like, how is he going to find the words? how are pastors many churches about going to find the words? it was funny. it was sort of the simplest thing that i think hit the most people. let's take a listen. something the president said. >> let the little children come to me, jesus said, and do not hinder them. for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. charlotte, daniel, olivia,

josephine, ana, dylan, madeleine, catherine, chase, jesse, james, grace, emilie, jack, noah, caroline, jessica, benjamin, avielle, allison. >> hmm. >> it was doing that last night i was thinking no, not one more. not one more. 20 is just a number until you realize that -- >> yeah. >> their names. >> yeah. >> a lot of parents are sending their kids off or have already this morning sent their kids off to school, and it's got to be a scary thing because everything

that this school did, sandy hook did, was right. i was just reading. >> beyond what many, many, many schools have done. they were really proactive about this. >> this one says here that sandy hook practiced lockdowns twice a year. once to prepare for a threat coming from outside the school and once again in case the shooter was inside. the principal sent a letter to parents recently saying for increased security every visitor will be required to ring the doorbell at the front gate, she wrote. i mean, these people -- you talk about doing it right, they did exactly right. >> then she ultimately paid the greatest price with her own life. >> this tweet that i saw in a couple of places yesterday. i scratched it on a piece of paper. one twitter person wrote -- this is about, again, the one issue. one shoe bomber and we all take off our shoes at airports. 62 mass shootings over the years, but no gun laws changed. do you remember, right? do you remember the shoe bomber. now in every airport, action. like something changed. like you said, if not --

>> if this doesn't do it. yeah, this is something we all have to just stop being so just so crazy about in our own minds. some people are so -- about the second amendment that they can't allow themselves to see any sort of way to compromise. >> right. >> other people are so the other way that they can't understand that people like to hunt and people want to feel safe in their own homes and they have a right to defend. yeah. it just seems to me years ago i thought to myself we'll get hate mail i'm sure about this, but get in line. you know, who needs -- what -- who needs an oozie? who needs machine guns unless it's the good guys trying to get the bad guys? >> right. >> you can't hunt with them. they destroy your prey. there's no reason for them

except to destroy, anilate, even the ammunition was to have the maximum damage. do we want to be an obscene nation, or do we want to, as the president said last night, do we really want to care not just for our children, but the adults were innocent victims as well. we talk about the innocence of children, but these women, they just showed up to go to work. >> protected those kids. yeah. it's hard to believe. they're already having a couple of -- two of the funerals today, and they were talking about how the funeral home is overwhelmed. just when you think of all that -- everybody this weekend wanted to do something. there were moments of silence all over -- a lot of people went to church who probably hadn't been in forever. >> ours was the most full i have ever seen it. >> viktor cruz, who was a hero to the little boy named noah --

>> jack pinto, i think. >> jack pinto, yeah. anyway, so on his shoe mr. cruz wrote jack pinto, my hero, and he said that little jack wanted to be buried in viktor cruz's jersey. you know, it's -- >> hoda, you count your blessings, and you pray for our nation as a whole, but my daughter came home from, you know, being away studying, and took the red eye and comes bounding in at 7:30 in the morning on a saturday morning. grouchy because it's, what -- and just going up to her bedroom and getting in bed, and i just thought 20 families -- well, of children, that child will never come home. that child will never again get in its bed, and every opportunity you've had to love that child, to hold that child, to pray with that child, to wipe away that child's tears, it's gone. you run out of time. we don't -- we never think about it. we've got all the time in the world for this and this, and ultimately we all run out of time, and we don't know when that will be. so the question is, not when

you're going to run out of time, but how you're going to spend the time that you have. >> we hope we're going to have some advice for a lot of parents who are out there who do, a, feel helpless, b, feel scared to send their kids off to school, to the movies, to the mall, safe places. and what we can do. i think there's also a question -- i know there's been a lot of talk about what to say to your kids, and, you know, there's an oversharing issue too, and the question is do you wait for your child to come to you and say, mom, what happened, because a lot of kids are in school right now, and some parents haven't had the discussion because they want to shield their child, and i get it, but they go to school, and another kid may say to your son or daughter, hey, this happened, and then your discussion may come tonight. >> it could be far more traumatic hearing it from someone else. >> right. i guess the question is you don't want them to be afraid because often, look, if the idea is they did everything right, they were safe and someone crashed their way through, then it didn't work. "saturday night live" had a strange task on saturday because

they are -- they're all about comedy. >> yeah. >> they were coming on live, and they ended up starting with this beautiful tribute, and he know many of you probably have seen it by the new york city children's choir. they sang "silent night." let's take a listen. ♪ silent night holy night all is calm all is bright ♪ ♪ round yon virgin mother and child holy infant so tender and mild ♪ >> wow. beautiful. >> that's really beautiful. >> about the same age, maybe a little older than all the victims. >> interestingly, we both kind of -- >> already we have -- >> yeah.

>> this is a book by ann lamott, and i just picked this up. i'm sort of running out of my office, and cathy, my assistant, handed it to me and said read this. three essential prayers if you are feeling blue. this book is such a great pick me up. it's a good gift to give to a friend. she writes -- ann is a beautiful writer. >> she's such an instinctive writer. >> it's $10.25. you can get it on-line, and it will definitely help. especially around now. >> i had already set this aside to share as my favorite thing today. it's called "god wink stories -- " a deinvestigational by my really good friend. they've been on our show many times. so many people think that life is random and that there are circumstances and coincidences, and squires thinks not. several books he has written on the whole concept. it's not coincidence, it's a god wink these things that are happening, and it could be a source of grace. these are stories who are people who read his other books and

then write in and say let me tell you that once i read your book how i started to understand how this is realized in real-time in real life. it's nice. it's $10.19 at amazon.com. >> okay. >> and then sarah has something for us too, don't you, sarah? >> i have a favorite thing. it's represented by this bracelet. it's a make a wish with gabriella. it's a little girl that i had the experience of being introduced to this weekend in d.c. she's battling brain tumor at 9, but it's been an example of a community coming together, and you'll hear more about this story, but if gu to her website

-- you don't even need to do anything else. go to the facebook page, make a wish with gabriella, and the parents are telling her about these messages, and it's picking her up as she's going through treatment. if you write where you're from or just a little message to her, it's really been a bright spot, and everyone can do that. >> okay. thank you, sarah. it's hard to find a loving spirit right now, but i wasn't going show this, but i thought -- >> show it. >> it left everybody in the make-up room today. they try to help one another. that is louie trying to take bambino for a little walk in the back and to spread a little christmas cheer. they didn't get invest, but here's the point. they made an attempt. they didn't make an inch. it's their heart that matters, and i think at the end of the day for all of us our hearts matter now. that's what god sees. he sees the heart, and every single one of us can go out somewhere today and touch somebody's life. maybe not in newtown, connecticut, but your town, usa. >> we can all do that. >> we're going to come back and we want to let you know how to help you talk to your kids right after this. just open it up, knock it back and roll up your sleeves. 5-hour energy® is faster and easier than coffee... man, does it work! you'll get that alert,

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school, how can parents make their kids feel safe, and how can parents themselves not worry every single time their child heads off to the mall or to the movies? >> jennifer hartstein is an child and adolescent psychologist, and author of "sanity savers, tips for women to live a balanced life." >> hi, ladies. >> good morning. >> some parents, again -- i know this just from friends of mine too, were trying to shield their children. >> out of love. >> they sent them to school today where the topic may or may not come up. >> likely the topic will come up if not even in the classroom with the teacher, but come up with other children. >> i can't see how it wouldn't. >> i think that it's very important for parents to listen when those kids come home, find out what they know, and address this issue, but, first, to calm themselves because the parent has to be really calm and present the information, minimal information, because they really are listening to their children, age appropriately, but they're the rock for their children so their children feel safe.

>> should you wait until they ask you about it, or should you say, hey, honey, we should have this discussion? >> i think what gale said is very important. i think you might have to bring it up in a way that says, hey, you might have heard some stuff about things that are going on in connecticut. can you tell me what they've heard? ask the question so you don't make assumptions that they know they do. you may provide a lot of information because that relieves your own feelings of anxiety and it makes them feel worse or like they have to be more worried or have to be more concerned. ask them first. listen before you talk. it's really important. >> our children are used to, i think, hearing about tragedies, but i remember walking in on a little girl that lives at our house, julie, who is just precious. she just was homesick that day, and so she came into the kitchen and was sitting and watching. next thing i know she's sitting in front of the television completely traumatized, and i'm holding her hand. she says, but they're just kids. >> this is one of the reasons that you really don't want to have your children watching this

kind of reporting because it's nonstop. for two reasons. number one, it looks as if this is all going on and that this is happening all over, and the second thing is how does a child process this information? they don't have the coping strategies that adults have, and we need to shield them. thank god you held her hand. >> what about parents now that have more anxiety obviously than ever before. the malls are out there. the movie theaters, the schools. things that you're supposed to send your child to be safe. how can a parent feel comfortable sending their child out? >> we don't live in a bubble. we can't wrap them in bubble wrap like we could if we were wrapping them in a box. at some level we have to go back with a leap of faith and say the good outweighs the bad much more, and the good will prevail much more often. all these bad things that are happening are happening. they seem to be happening all the time, and they're happening

far less frequently than the good stuff. you have to just take that breath and say i'm going to give it a shot and hopefully hope for the best and hope that everything is okay. >> when you take that breath, don't deny your own feelings. you still may be worried. it's that you don't project that on to your children and -- >> right. >> of course. it's to try and make your child as safe as possible. you will worry, but how are you projecting that. how is your child reading you and take those breaths and calm yourself. talk to other adults. don't necessarily put that on to your child because your child can't handle it. >> there are parents that can't handle it. a lot of people are falling apart over this. >> understandably, but let them not fall afarther in front of their children. let them help have other people come --

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>> we are back on this monday on "today." the tragedy at sandy hook broke all of our hearts and shock the world, and, yet, she's shootings seem to happen way too often. from the campus of virginia tech, your alma mater, to a manufacture theater in aurora, colorado, or a shopping mall in happy valley, oregon. mroo whether it's stricter gun laws or better mental health care, what can we do to make sure things like this don't happen? lisa belkin is a senior columnist at the huffington post and jeff is a clinical psychologist. hi. >> welcome to you both. >> good morning. >> this is one of those things where people -- this is the

first real -- at least in a long time, debate about gun control because when you hear about all this stuff -- >> since columbine. >> people want to know what they can do. >> even columbine, it was more a discussion about bullying and government culture and video games. i think this is one parents can't hide from. there's nothing we can say that says that could never happen to me because. everybody -- so i think that may just make this the moment that we're actually going to have to do something. >> maybe some good can come from this. >> that's exactly what i'm seeing, but it is bringing up a lot of issues for parents who are dealing with teenagers who have mental illness and fly below the radar, who may not stay on medication. those parents are really frustrated because they're screaming and crying for help, and we're not able to deliver that with our mental health services. we have to step up. >> right. excuse me. this kid, who was 20 years old, adam lanza, 20 years old, and

legally can a parent do anything to a child? >> you can't. what can you do if your child is over the age of 18? >> if you are a danger to yourself or others, you can be involuntarily put into a hospital, but quite often they're at that level where they may be hallucinating, maybe dell usual, but they may not be that danger to themselves or others at that particular time. we can't get them into the hospital. they continue to compensate, and then we have this sort of horrific situation. >> i think people are watching all this stuff and feeling helpless. i mean, number one, we can't help the people because, you know, there's no helping there except for sending your love and prayers. >> you can never bring the victims back. >> there are issues surrounding it that it seems like people want to do or say something. on the gun issue, what is it? no matter where you stand on it, what can people do physically? if they want to do something. >> not have guns in your own home is your one start. i went on facebook and asked what can with we do now, and hundreds of people responded, and most of them said why is it possible to buy a gun in this

country that can kill dozens of people without reloading it? >> you are talking about assault type weapons. i do believe people can have a gun in their home. >> it doesn't have to be an either/or situation. >> that is how it sounded. assault weapons. >> why -- well, i think that parents can rethink whether or not they want a gun in their home if there are kids in their home. i think that's something -- >> what if someone comes into their home that wants to kill their children. do they not have a right to use a firearm? >> you asked what people can do. i think they can think seriously about these questions in ways that perhaps they wouldn't have thought about them last week. >> and i think the conversation is becoming, well, maybe it's not so much about challenging the second amendment, but looking at what can we do in our homes with our guns? how do we keep our homes safer? do we need to have the assault weapons? here's the most important thing.

when it comes to the background checks, it's not just about looking at whether someone was placed in a hospital involuntarily or found not to be competent, which is the question that they ask. it really is about does the person have the proper balance, emotional balance, to be able to own a gun? that's a major responsibility. we have to look at not just mental health issues, but mental stability, and that goes beyond just looking at whether someone has schizophrenia or not, for example. >> his mother's guns, though, bought legally. >> we're not going to fix this in four minutes, but we -- i think we are starting to have two really important conversations. one about guns, and one about mental health. in general the culture of violence.

>> when you talk about what happened overseas, there were mass shootings overseas in london and scotland, other places, and they took action and results -- >> in both of those countries, that was their clarion call, and they then went on to ban assault weapons, and in australia after the ban on assault weapons, there has not been a mass shooting in 16 years. i mean, that number to me is persuasive. >> definitely. >> it proves that we have to look at numbers and say what -- are there guns for the reasons we want them out there, or are there guns out there because we're afraid to start the conversation? >> in effect, we really are not powerless. we may feel that way now, and it's natural to feel that way, but we have to make the hard decisions. we have to protect people's rights, all of their lives, but there's a smarter way and a better way to do that. especially when you hear these statistics coming out of the u.k., for example. >> we need to look very hard and fast at our culture in general. it's a culture of deep decadence and violence. >> we need to look within our families. we don't want to get into blaming the victim here, but we also have to be a little more discerning as to keeping weapons in the home with people who may not be stable enough to have the judgment to use them properly. >> okay.

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>> you fight for a living. >> he is a pussy cat. >> what a great show, by the way. >> it's our tenth year doing it, and especially -- i mean, i've been watch this show all morning, especially with the saddening times this weekend, i think us as a nation we're looking for hope and we're looking for positive thought in all of this. this is our tenth year in affiliation with the armed forces. we always spend a week with them. we get to know them, whether it's on base or whether it's in a conflict zone. this year we were in naval station norfolk. this special airs on december 19th on usa at 9:00 p.m. and also airs december 22nd on nbc at 9:00 p.m., and it is just that. it is a great entertaining show that provides hope, that recognizes the strength of the united states armed forces and gives thanks. >> this is personal to you, this cause. why? >> it is. i believe in the code of conduct of the military. on our television show i preach

hustle, loyalty, and respect, which is simply a different version of honor, code, and country. i'm a proud patriot, and like i said, in these saddest times in our country, we all look for reasons to believe in something positive, and i like this special. >> it's not just the troops you love and support, but you do an awful lot of work with the make a wish foundation. >> absolutely. >> you're used to seeing kids that are -- >> we're in the public eye, and our program is pg all the way through, so we meet a lot of children, and i can't tell you how flattering it is if you were given one wish, that child is to meet and spend time with john cena. >> you say pg, john, and we've been talking about the culture of violence that we have. >> yep. >> in our nation. your profession has been criticized a great deal for in some ways encouraging that. how do you make yours pg and not as violent as some of the things we see? >> pg has to do with content, and although i have a black eye to show for my conflict last night, we are openly an entertainment company. we brand ourselves as an entertainment company, and we

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going to start with gifts to help you relax. from chef and author and all-around do-good lady cathleen bailman. nice to see, cathleen. >> thanks so much for having me back. >> sure. you always bring stuff that also -- you get what you want, but it also does some good for someone else. >> it really does. i try to choose really great companies. the first one is glassy baby. this is are from a woman who was battling cancer for the third time. he came home with these beautiful cups. she then formed a company. each glassy baby is either a candle holder, a vase, a nice wine glass for a nice chardonnay. this is a u.s. small company that's given over $1 million to charity. >> a little company doing big, big good. >> really, really good things. >> i love it. these are gorgeous too. >> this is yankee candle that was started by a 17-year-old boy who melted his crayons for his monday. >> michael kitridge is one of my dearest friends. it's a true story. he now owns cringele candle. go ahead.

>> i'm learning from you. we have a beautiful collection, and they're known for their apothacary jars with the big label, but they are design-minded, and they have a clean selection. $5 flat rate shipping right now. 20% off their living by candlelight collection. >> moving on. >> and then orrin audio. this was "time magazine" 50 best invention. they have an amazing special. the rocket is an orange thing that you clip on to a lampshade or cookie sheet or a guitar, and it will turn it into a speaker. custom headphones. you design them. these are called design ears. >> they took a shot. >> picture there of hoda. >> we're running out of time. can you move on? just want to get to everything. >> this is about 100% pure. this is a wonderful berkeley, california, company. if you wouldn't eat it, don't wear it. they have a beautiful line of cosmetics. absolutely everything is 20% off, and free shipping guaranteed by christmas.

>> okay. we have chocolates and we have some calvin klein. we don't have time for them, but they'll be on our website. sorry. >> okay. >> all righty. to hoda. want to leave some time for her. >> digital and lifestyle expert carly noblock is here for tech tools for the women who like gadgets. i met your whole entire family at "les miz" i'm happy to say. >> it was a lovely thing. i wish i had been there. >> giving away magazines is always nice. >> so instead of a stack of making sfwleenz for the price of two or three, you get dozens of them. plus, all the back issues. this is a company called next issue. $9. 9 or $14.99 a month. you have access to dozens and dozens of magazines very much. >> they're all in there. the mechanics thing i want to show you is sensi brush. if you like digital art, i'm going to give you this. >> what happens? >> you can use this brush, and you get these realistic effects like a paint brush. $40. >> look what i'm doing. >> cool, right?

>> all right. >> gorgeous. >> this is a smart flower pot. >> it's not like a chia pet? >> if you put a plant cartridge in here, and then you're xleelgs out of the picture. it talks to the plant directly and tells it how much water it needs, how much fertilizer. you grow beautiful things, herbs and tomatoes and stuff. >> really for the lazy -- i love. >> yep. this is an incredible really tiny and packed full of features camera from vivitar. 16 mega pixels, 1080 p video and a nice price point. >> adorable. it has a little case. >> this is an adorable little health and fitness called the fit pit zip. it will track your distance and your calories burned and your fat take-in, and you can share that with your friends and challenge each other and keep track of your health and fitness goals. oh, hot. >> nobody told me. >> so this is the cuisinart. it's $99. it has six preset temperatures. you can get the temperature just right if are you doing delicate tea or coffee. >> these are the headsets that you can listen to your music. >> headphones, and hats that

have ear muffs and headphones in them, and these gloves are all techie, so you can text in the cold. they have conductive thread that runs through them so you can -- >> tell your family hey from me again. >> $25 to $98. >> all right where i jsh. >> i'm here with robin who has gifts for new moms. she's had a baby five weeks ago. look at her beautiful baby girl olive. good to see. what do you have for us? >> if you are like me, you probably have 100 photos in your phone, but actually you can get them made into art instantly with a new app called photos to art. you just send your picture from instagram or iphone and it gets made and sent to you just in time for christmas, and this one is only $50. that's a great deal. thank you so much. >> if you are a working mom, then you can actually take your kid with you every day with the personalized journals. we have journals and some stationery. this is henry. >> little henry. >> if you are like me, slightly sleep-deprived, so this is the updated version of a sticky or a dry erase.

it's called a video memory recorder. you can leave yourself messages, and you can magnetically stick it on to your frig. >> running out of time. >> this is amazing jewelry that moms and kids can actually enjoy. it's made out of silicone, so kids can chew on it. photo lock ets are trending right now. new charm bracelets, and we have a variety from red envelope starting from $40, which is a great deal. moms want to get their shape back. >> you got back in shape in five weeks. how? >> these are magic pants. these are called hold your haunches, and so basically they have a compression layer basically from the ankle all the way to your waist, so it sucks you in, and it looks like you basically weigh ten pounds less. >> i'm going to take five pairs of those home. >> mom kz stroll in style with these awesome stroller mittens from a company called 7:00 a.m. >> oh, darling. >> you don't have to wear

gloves. you can actually -- >> that's adorable. >> machine washable, which is great. >> thank you. congratulations for little olive. back in a moment.

>> hour toy drive is in its final week and we are rushing to get gifts to needy children all over the united states. i think we're going to be doing fedex from now on. and helping us get gifts out there is larry rosen, chairman and founder of crazy art and his adorable son brandon is with him.

he is going to be a rock star someday. girls will be climbing all over him. justin bieber written all over him. >> tell us what you are donating this year, hon. >> we're proud to give over 40,000 arts and crafts toys to children. this is very exciting. it's about giving back, and the kids are so important to us, so krazy art, we're striving to give arts and crafts, but also this year we're giving light bricks. >> these they don't make, they just come this way, right? or they assemble this? >> it allows the children to make their own products. for example, you have a jet fighter or a race car or building. the kids create an entire light-up city. >> or rock star stuff. >> yep. >> you like that, brandon? >> yeah. >> you actually play the piano, right? >> i play the piano and i sing. >> you sing too. of course, you do. >> around the right age too, isn't he? >> we want to thank you for everything you do. >> it's our pleasure to be here. thank you for having us. >> just four days left to help out a child in need through our toy drive.